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31 July Tell me what you wanna doA couple more things for you people out there.
If you're gonna IM me and tell me you're somewhere, you better to hell be there, because when I keep stats on my site, and I know the time and day you visited the site, and you're in a different place than you say you are. I tend to get pissed.
I don't really care if you park in my driveway, but could you ASK first? I'm not a bitchy person if you follow rules and shit, just don't get on my bad side.
And if you're old and you don't have a handicapped sticker or marker on your plates, don't fucking park in the handicapped spot. So, you got away with it this time, I hope the next time you do it, you get that $200 or so ticket. Maybe you'll learn next time.
I'm not a bad person, there's just certain rules people should follow, and I have a tendency to like people to follow those rules. Wierd as that may be.
comments to weinkermeyer@hotmail.com 30 July Donuts are a godsendIf this offends you, too fucking bad. I'm just getting a little sick of some of the shit guys think about in conversations with me.
Some advice to guys out there:
If I say I don't want to talk about sex, I mean it. And so when you say that you don't want sex with me, don't bring it up later in the conversation. Just cause I complained about a commercial, does not mean I want to talk about sex. So asking about oral sex two minutes later. Not helping you.
If I ignore you, it probably means I don't like you, so don't keep IM'ing me. And hello, there's a reason that teachers tell you to read a book for class, read the damn book.
And don't keep adding me as a friend through FB. If you looked at my profile, it says "I may not have a lot of friends on here, but at least I know them" I don't know you, I'm not adding you just for the hell of it. True Crime, means True (actually happened) shit. Not detective novels, or works of fiction.
Also, I like to know stuff about you before I actually meet you. Wierd as that may seem. You can't just give me a description of yourself and then ask to meet me, especially when you were getting all critical and asking if I knew about the guy that I was going to go on a motorcycle ride with later. Hello?! I'm not stupid.
I will not say I'm gonna move closer to you if I just met you, are you nuts?
What the hell happened to the real guys that like cars? What the hell's wrong with guys today, you're supposed to like cars and trucks and bikes, and tattoos.
And if you're gonna have your profile on an online dating site twice, don't use the same fucking picture, if your pretending to be two different people.
I have a real problem if you're turn off is ink. Cause guess what I have 3 tattoos and I guarantee I will be getting more in the course of my life. Already have the next one planned out when I get the money (it's commemorative, so it's a bit closer to my heart, but always for me).
If you're in the military, I already like you. Guarantee, if you have the balls to go and put your life on the line for me and the other people in this country, I love you for what you do. Course if you're in the Marines, I love you ten times as much.
comments to weinkermeyer@hotmail.com 29 July how unexciting is this?Have you . . . The directions: just answer a few questions and change the subject to your name (or whatever you want) and pass it on (or copy and paste to your blog…leave comment here that you followed said directions) ( ) Smoked a cigarette 1. What time is it? 12:44 Central 2. What is your name? Wendy 3. Any nick names? weinkermeyer, weink, Wendell 4. Mother’s name? Sharon 5. Dr. Pepper or whiskey? neither, coke 6. Body piercing? ears 7. How much do you love your job? enough 8. Favorite vacation spot? Washington DC, or Okoboji, IA 9. Tattoos? three <--there wasn't a nine, so I added it 10. Ever been to Africa? Nope 11. Ever steal any traffic signs? Nope 12. Ever been in a car accident? yes 13. A, B, C, D, DD cup size? None of your business 14. 2 Door or 4 Door? 2-door, preferably no doors--motorcycle 15. Favorite pie? I don't know, too many to choose from 16. Favorite number? does it matter? 17. Favorite movie? right now or ever? Semper Fi (ever) and Con Air (right now) 18. Favorite holiday? USMC birthday 19. Favorite food? Again, too much to choose from 20. Favorite day of the week? Wednesday, I get my Marine Newsletter 21. Favorite brand of body soap? Whatever smells good, I think I use Lever 2000, I don't look at the bottle 22. Favorite TV show? COPS 23. Toothpaste? Whatever works, I believe I'm using Crest 24. Favorite smell? The air before/after it rains 25. What do you do to relax? walk and listen to music 26. Message to your friends reading this? Yeah, I know I've done this before, I wonder how many of the things match up. 28. What do you do when you are bored? sure the net, watch TV, eat 29. What do you enjoy receiving? motorcycle rides 30. Furthest place you will send this message? I don't think anyone outside of the US reads this, course at times, I don't think anyone reads it 31. Who will respond the fastest? God only knows 32. Least likely to respond? God only knows comments to weinkermeyer@hotmail.com 28 July People annoy meWell I hope you all saw them, because they most likely will not be making another appearance in the rest of the season. Those would be my legs, yes I wore a skirt yesterday. Now, if anyone knows me, my typical outfit in the summer is long pants and a tank top, I don't like my legs, that and it takes a lot of work to shave them. So, yeah, I hope you all (everyone who wanted to see my legs) saw them yesterday, because I probably will not be wearing anything shorter than pants that reach to my ankles for the rest of the season.
As most of y'all know, I work at a library. Now, what comes to mind when someone walks up to the desk with books in their hand? Most likely, they want to check them out, but they have to say I want to check these out. OF COURSE YOU DO, WHY THE HELL ELSE WOULD YOU BRING THEM UP HERE? I tell ya, some people just know how to push my buttons. Oh, and this would be one of our regulars, and we recently moved everything to a 1 day check out, so if it's checked out today it's due back on Sun, as we are not open on Sat's during the summer, but he has to ask me, what time we're open on Sun, ya know if we're not open you can always put it in the book drop, we don't have to be open for you to return the book. Oh, and he's currently standing at the back of the room reading the book.
Oh, yes and for the past week or so, I've had a visiting lady who's doing stuff in here, who is not very familiar with computers. The other day she attempted to put her jump drive in upside down and then decided it was the usb drive and not her fault. And, she has a tendency to read the screen out loud, and she has one of those voices, that has to annoy you when they're talking. Yesterday, she attempted to save something on the computer, when you save something on the computers here, it automatically saves to the desktop, so you can find it, as we don't have a my documents or other place other than your disk to save it. So, I guess she didn't actually save it, and was looking for it, and asked me, to which I said it saves to the desktop, if it's not there, you didn't save it. But, does she listen to me? Of course not, cause I obviously don't know what I'm talking about, and she continues to search through the computer to find it. Needless to say she didn't find it. And someone needs to tell her to dress her age, she's dressing like some of the students here on campus. Now, I don't mind so much if you look good, but she isn't really pulling that off. Today she's got jeans with sparkly things on her back pockets to match the sparkly pink belt, a green and blue striped shirt with a tiny jean shrug on top (a shrug is something that only comes down to your mid section), this one kinda looks like a tiny vest that she didn't close at the front. And she has to wear her keys on a lanyard around her neck, yesterday they kept bouncing off the brass belt buckle on her skirt, and driving me nuts. I've also decided that I'm one of the few that still feels people should wear belts to hold their bottoms up, I've never quite understood belts for decorative reasons, course to me, they always look ugly, but that's usually cause people wear them on top of their shirts.
Today, on my way to campus I had to ride the bus with CHILDREN, ugh, I wanted to sanitize myself when I got off. If you don't know I HATE CHILDREN. Those things are just annoying and noisy and gross. I guess that would be one of the things that keeps me from having sex, I might end up with one of THEM.
Anyway, enough of me rambling. No one reads this anyway.
comments to weinkermeyer@hotmail.com 27 July Newsletter highlightsHighlights from this week's Sgt Grit's newsletter. Read the full version here.
At Staging in Camp Pendleton (Las Pulgas), just before heading Down South, I'd been away from my wife in South Florida already for about a month. She made me an applesauce cake with coconut - one of my favorites - and when it arrived the thing was full of ants. They had made a colony complete with tunnels, and eggs and the whole nine yards. We ate it all, every bit of the thing, ants, eggs, and everything. GunnyT
When I was in Viet Nam my wife would send packages every two weeks...they went to FPO San Francisco then some how got to Da Nang then Dong Ha then out to us on the FSB...it was special to get packages...all the friends in the world..if you know what I mean...anyway I get 2 packages one day that were pretty badly crushed...one had the regular Kool aid and jerky and magazines in it...the other had a Bannana Cake in it that she baked fresh covered in foil and mailed.......it was green all over...badly molded on the outside but with little thought we ate it anyway...... Semper Fi, Mike
My best buddy while in the Marines, Bob Peavey, asked his mother to send me a bottle of Jim Beam for my birthday. This sweet lady bought a 5th of the bourbon on choice. She stuck it in a cardboard box and mailed it to me. About a week later, two "suits" came knocking on her door with a soaking wet cardboard box in their hands that was reeking of whiskey.
One of them said, "Ma'am, did you put a bottle of whiskey in the US Mail?" Without waiting for an answer, he went on, "Ma'am, it is against the law to mail liquor...but seeing that you were sending it to a Marine in Vietnam, we are going to look the other way this time. Please do not mail liquor in their original bottles. You did not hear this from me but we suggest that you maybe use plastic baby bottles to mail it." About two weeks later, I got two brand new pink baby bottles full of Jim Beam! The best part of the story is that about a week later my buddy, Bob, ended up assigned to my tank company and he & I shared those bottles of elixir together! John Wear With all this discussion going on about "C rations" I thought I might share making ice cream on the road to Hagaru in 1950. As one of the few left from Item Co. 3rd Batt. 5th Marines I became one of the walking wounded heading for Hagaru some 12 miles down the road. With the temperature hovering around 20 to 30 below we bid farewell to the little village of Udam-ni. Not for the first time we didn't know were our next meal was coming from, or when. I missed out on the "tootsy rolls" but I had always put away a stash of milk chocolate disks and cocoa packets inside my parka as an emergency supply. I had attached myself to the rear end of a jeep to pull me along in the two plus days it took to get to Hagaru. At one of the numerous stops along the way (courtesy of the Chinese) the jeep driver revealed that he had a case of canned milk he had liberated from somewhere, and in the absence of all those good things found in c-rations like lima beans, and greasy sausage patties, frozen canned milk sounded pretty good. This was when I volunteered to "sacrifice" my cocoa to mix with that frozen canned milk. To the four or five of us around that jeep that day we were the envy of the entire column, if they had known. A Baskin Robbins feast up on the frozen Chosin
Cpl. Don Geddes 699772, Platoon 37, 10 July, 1948 M.C.R.D. San Diego (Are any of you alive out there?) I have a concern that I have only seen mentioned a couple of times in the last 5 years.
The hallowed ground "The Grinder" being used by non Marines. When my Son graduated November 1999 I heard numerous announcements that civilians should not use the grinder and after the graduation I saw at the least hundreds of non Marines use the grounds as a short cut. I don't know about you but when I consider all the "HERO'S" that were trained on the grinder I get kind of mad when the rules aren't followed by the family members of those who have earned the right to walk there. Don Jensen, CPL VN 66-68 2214302 I'm a Viet Nam Vet 68-69 2nd Bat. 7 th Marines. Every year the month of August I get depressed because that was the first month I had to help carry the corpses of a few of my brothers. I was also in an operation where a medic chopper was shot down and we couldn't get the guys out. The chopper was fully engulfed in flames. I can still hear the screams coming from within the chopper. I'm so ashamed that I haven't been to the memorial D.C. I just don't have the courage. I feel at times that I don't belong back here in the states. I left so much back in Nam. The images are still in my mind and very upsetting and the sounds of crying in pain I will never stop hearing. I live near the West Point Military Academy and once in awhile hueys fly overhead. Oh the sounds of the rotors and the hueys flying in formation brings me back to Nam. Sometimes I just don't fit in and people say I don't have a sense of humor.
Semper Fi to all ! God Bless Ed Peters I find it a shame that I work for people who sit here a enjoy the freedoms that ALL military personnel are prepared and some do lay their lives on the line and can talk bad about the military. I was an active duty female Marine for over thirteen years, I got out in 1996 on a medical because of my back. My supervisors have thrown it in my face like it is a bad thing to have been a female Marine. Seems a shame that they have their first amendment rights to do that because there were and are others willing to fight for them to have that right. They should hang their heads in shame. I still hold my head up BECAUSE I am a Marine until my last breath.
Sgt. Marshall Las Vegas, NV Dear Sgt. Grit;
Didn't know where to post this story so I thought I'd email it to you. Me and a friend were fishing the other day and when we were done we were at my car putting our gear away, when a older gentleman came up to us with his wife in tow and started asking the usual questions.( what are we fishing for, how are they biting,etc.) Then he looks at my bumper stickers, and my "Once a Marine ,Always a Marine hat and hollers out SEMPER FI! Then he showed me HIS hat and he was a retired British Royal Marine! It's nice to see that brotherhood has no borders. Patrick Riley 0311 1977-1983 I 3/9- B 1/9 I remember in Hospital Corps School in San Diego and my first duty station, the Emerg. Dept @ Bethesda Naval hospital...seeing these senior Corpsman wearing a rack of ribbons. One always fascinated me throughout my Naval Career. It was a ribbon, a piece of cloth like any other yet centered was the EGA.
Being a boot I asked a Sr. Chief what it meant, he could not look at me. He had the thousand yard stare having seen the elephant. "Young doc, you earn the right to wear the EGA only after being with the Corps in combat. I've been shot at and missed, sh!t on and hit, I hope you never earn the right to wear it." I went to the fleet, made second class (E-5) and became an HM-2 (SW). I did not like squids. So I crossdecked from a sea tour to a sea tour to become an 8404, Field Medical Service HM with the FMF. I did two tours with the Corps, Schwab w 3rd Mar Div and then with the First Combat Engineer Bn, 1st Marine Div, Task Force Ripper for Desert Shield/Storm. My uniform displayed a Navy Com from the I Mef CG, a CAR and most importantly, a EGA on my "I was there" ribbon. Now I am an RN in the Emergency Department. You can take the Corpsman out of the Corps, but you can't take the Corps out of the Corpsman. I live and work in the San Francisco Bay area where people dislike the military. H&ll I do not like war but liked combat... My point is I support the troops and still mourn the loss of Warrant Officer Diefenbaugh and LCPL Thomas from the first sand war. I proudly wear my t shirts with the EGA displaying that I was a FMF DOC. Some people give me sh!t, former Marines see me and strike up a conversation and at times we both end up hugging and weeping. In summation, I ate with, bled with, shat with, fought alongside Marines and had pledged my soul to their salvation. If anyone wants to take my EGA off of me, go for it, but stand the _(&^% by, I earned mine, not as a REMF, not as a pogue but as a combat FMF Hospital Corpsman. Semper Fi, Mike Pasley (former HM-2 SW) Sgt. Grit,
When I returned from boot at PI, I found my Grandmother had had a stroke. While she was unable to speak coherently, the site of my "dress greens" sent her into a tirade of gibberish, and finger waving. It was the 'Nam era. I removed the EGA from my left lapel, handed it to her, and assured her everything would be fine. She wore it from that day until two years later, when she passed. I buried that Emblem with her. Semper Fi is not just a phrase used for God, Corps, and Country. It is also for the family, and guidance, that made us become Marines in the first place. Any family member that wears the emblem is entitled; they made us what we are. Naylor CPL of Marines, '72 - '77. comments to weinkermeyer@hotmail.com
24 July Will you listenWell today turned out to be an ok day. Let's see morning was usual, had lunch. It was the afternoon that was really nice. A friend promised me something that I would pay tons of $ for on Sunday, if things work out well.
I went on my walk, though shorter than usual and saw a few people I love seeing. My buddy, S, who I was kinda hoping I'd run into, but he was working. Then I saw one cop (he switched sides, when dream guy was in the car accident in April or March, the guy was with the DPS investigating the accident, on the 4th of July I saw him walking around in an Ames PD uni), about 4 times tonight, that was kinda wierd, a couple times I almost thought it was Crewcut, as he had a bald head (Crewcut's got a crew cut), but, no.
And I saw dream guy's roommate, now it was either dream guy and his roomie, or dream guy's roomie and someone else, but they waved at me. Yeah, ok, they rarely even notice me. Dream guy does when he walks to work, but our schedules have not meshed so much lately, since I work in the afternoons and never get to see him when he walks to work. And his roommate never does anything. But it was his roommate that waved at me. OK, now I sound dorky, like a freshman chick in HS that had a senior guy say hi to her. Sigh.
Oh, and I signed up to work graduation next sat. I haven't worked since spring graduation back in May, so I'm a little excited about that. Not that sitting/standing for 4 hours just watching people is really exciting, but there's at least 1 DPS officer, and 2 paramedics, that may keep me entertained.
So, I was watching this show called Wife Swap on ABC while I was waiting for something else to come on. Anyways, this one family has so much clutter, they stack shit in their shower, HOW GROSS IS THAT?
comments to weinkermeyer@hotmail.com 23 July Cowboy take me awayHott cops from last night: Palm Beach, Co, FL: Deputy Mark Lanier Palm Springs, CA: Officer Anthony Pilutk SIU, Martin Co, FL: Detective Bill Dowdy
And the Hott Cop Award goes to: Las Vegas, NV: Officer John Smaistrla 20 July Newsletter highlightsI'm thinking of doing this as a weekly thing. Posting the interesting stories from the Marine Newsletter I get each week for y'all to enjoy. Read this week's newsletter here. These letters are always posted in full and no editing done to them. Here's this week's:
Hi SGT Grit!
I've spent 6yrs in the Corps from 1964 to 1970 and 2 tours in Nam from 65 to 67 with 3/3. While in the Corps,My life changed forever but for the good. Not only for myself but for my country. The Marines was the best thing that ever happened to me and for that I thank the Corps. The point that I'm trying to make is that I own a 1950 Dodge 1/2 ton P/U street rod and right after 911 I went to a car show with my truck. While I was at the show I met a friend of mine who does pin striping and I asked him to put One Nation Under God and "SEMPER FI" on my tail gate. Well he did and it came out great with the colors he used. Well right after that was done, All of the people at the show were taking pictures of it and I was real proud to have that on my truck. Then the unthinkable happened. 2 state troopers,2 city police officers and 5 staff members came up to me and asked if I had something on my truck that should not be there. Well I told them I DON'T THINK SO! One of the troopers took a look and the other trooper asked him if there was anything there and he said nothing that I could see. And after he said that, I heard a voice say "I THINK THAT SHOULD NOT BE THERE AND I WANT IT TAKEN OFF" Well the hair stood up on the back of my head and the MARINES in me came out. The person who said it was a camel jockey and his wife. I flew off the handle and told him that if he doesn't like it that he should get the F - - K out of my country. Well needless to say, He and his wife were doing this all day to other people at the show and after the police saw what one p!ssed off Marine can do, They were asked to leave the show field and not return. So if you think that I over reacted and should not have done what I did, Then I'm sorry! But being that I will be a Marine till the day I die, I think I did the right thing. Later "SEMPER FI" Sgt Grit,
I read your column each time it comes to my email address. Today though, it was time to reply, not just read. I am a Proud Marine Mom and my son will be returning soon for his 2nd tour... of which I am more concerned with than the first tour. If my son were to make the ultimate sacrifice for our country, I sure as hell wouldn't want all the media to broadcast the gory details. Would that make his sacrifice any bigger? The two that have been on the news, and were tortured,etc... I JUST DON'T NEED TO KNOW ALL the details! The media was happy (it seems) to give out every detail though. Even at the 7am news there were details. Too many details. It would be hard enough to have lost your "person", but to have the media glamorize the incident, and go over it and over it and over it. Why? My heart and prayers go out to all those that have lost their loved ones serving our country. My heart goes out to those that have had their loss reported over and over and their lives ripped apart with every break in the news by having to hear those details over and over for days. Those that have fought for my county and my freedom of speech, I thank you, but I choose to use that freedom of speech properly and with concern for others. Unlike the media, sometimes I think that the media has way too much ability to speak about whatever they want, without giving a real crap about what the parents, or spouses, or children left behind feel. Having stated that one of "our Boys" has made the ultimate sacrifice would and should be all of us Americans need too hear. NOT all the gory details. Let the families grieve with pride and dignity. With each sacrifice that is made, and every uniformed person sent to Iraq, we should as Americans remember why we are over there in the first place. We don't need those losses glamorized at all, instead we should turn off the news; all salute and raise our flags even higher for each and every loss(sacrifice). Proud as h&ll of my Marine and yours Carrie Wagner Wisconsin My best friend Sam and I are Marine poolees from Oklahoma. Last Saturday we had our monthly pool function in Bartlesville. We rode separate this time because we each had a car full of possible enlistees. On the way there Sam was rear ended by a car that was going 115+ miles an hour. His car rolled several times, and to look at it you would think nobody survived. One out of four didn't. Everyone thought that Sam would be in the ICU for at least a week, then be in the hospital for a couple of weeks. It's been 6 days, and he will be leaving. He had a Sergeant Major, and our NCOIC come visit him. He saluted them, and wouldn't stop until they finally saluted him back. He looked at them, and told them he wanted to start training again, even though he had just started walking again that day. Today, a lady who had worked on him at the accident scene, came in and told him she couldn't believe he was alive, or that he was recovering so quickly. Sam looked at her, and said "God loves Marines." and to that she replied, "I believe that now."
Recruit Statum The first time I saw you walk away was the first day of kindergarten. You walked away and never looked back. You see, most kids at this age are slow to walk away into the unknown but not you, you leaped with both feet. From that day I always knew you would be adventurist type and boy was I right, you never walked away from the unknown.
The second time I saw you walk away was when you left for Marine Corp Boot Camp and the out come was the same as the first. Not a hesitation in your step. You walked away with your head held high and your shoulders back as if to say, "bring it on". The third time I saw you walk away was at the airport as you departed for a two hitch overseas. You knew when you left you would not see your family and friends for at least two long years. This time you had a hesitation in your step. Your head was low and your shoulders were shrugged. This was the first time in nineteen years that I ever saw you hesitate at walking away into the unknown. My chest got heavy and my throat was dry, but I can tell you that my head was high and my shoulders were back as if to say, "Yeah that Marine is my Son". You know I am tired of watching you walk away. One of these days I hope to see you walking towards me. Kelly The issue of who should wear the Eagle, Globe and Anchor has draw and overwhelming response. I can not post all of them. Following is my response and some of your responses abbreviated. I have been paying attention to the discussion about who deserves, or has the right to, wear the emblem of the United States Marine Corps. I am not sure if there is a correct answer to please all but I would like to offer an example that I believe will help clarify the situation. Marines be Proud. I know I earned the right! Drill Instructor Sgt. DeVito, (Plt. 2202, Paris Island), told me so. While on active duty my Mom would send care packages full of goodies. Always enough for everyone in my unit to get some. She wrote hundreds of letters, not only to me but also to my MARINE brothers. She wore the EGA proudly in order to let everyone know that she was a Proud MARINE MOM! I have no doubt that when she reported in to St. Peter, she did so with that EGA pinned to her chest! Yes, She earned it! I guess Mr. Wayne Luznicky would like to take me out and make me remove mine --- Well let him try. I'm the mother of a Marine. His job right now is burying our Marines at Arlington. I wear an EGA everyday, and when people see it and remark on it, I ask them to pray for our men in uniform. The realization came to me that my boys were now men willing to make the supreme sacrifice to serve their country and their Corps. So while other young men and women feel it is right to party and bad mouth our great nation my sons made a difference. To those of you who think I don't have the right to wear or display Marine Corps attire or memorabilia, I worried while my sons went through boot camp and have sleepless nights as I worry about my son serving in Baghdad. I will wear "my son is a MARINE" button PROUDLY on my lapel. If this father of a Marine wishes to show is pride in his son..go for it..When I was off participating in the Southeast Asian war games, 67-68, and through my time in 66-70..my dad wore an EGA every day..He was an industrial blacksmith, and happily drove the head of anyone who dared disparage my Marine Corps through their southern aperture. Anyone who has family in the Corps is a "part" of the Corps. As an extra added attraction, I would sure like to hear from any of the guys I was an instructor with at the CounterInsurgency School at Little Creek amphib base.. There are a number of reasons non-Marines should wear something other than the Eagle, Globe, & Anchor earned by those wearing it as part of a Marine uniform. While not offensive, it at least minimizes its stature as a badge of honor, courage, strength, duty, tradition. We spend a lot of time without our Marines, with only the symbols they have left with us. They comfort us, they give us pride in our country, our Marines and even ourselves. People should respect that, not point fingers and tell us we are "unworthy" of the symbol. We don't claim to be, we merely are displaying the love in our hearts for the men and women behind the symbol. Let that be enough. Sgt. About a year ago, my father tried to give that tie clasp back because he was uncomfortable in wearing it because other Marines would single him out and make him feel like trash. I asked him to keep it and wear it proudly. He had as much to do with making this Marine as my drill instructors. I then told him that if anyone made him feel bad or uncomfortable for wearing it to refer them to me, and I will take care of it. This in response to: Those with the beef over the father wearing the EG&A. Be happy he's not dating Cindy Sheehan! I used to believe not even a family member should wear the Eagle, Globe and Anchor unless they were a Marine, but have changed my mind. A few years ago I found out that a co-worker of mine (she is retired now) lost her father before she ever knew him. He died on Iwo Jima. I had known her for sometime and finding this out was just floored me. I already knew her (I thought) as a good person, and the thought of someone denying her the right to wear a small memento leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
I'd have to say I like the remark about Cindy Sheehan the best. comments to weinkermeyer@hotmail.com Drunk CEO'sI hate it when people pretend to care. I just told someone about the good news about Karli, and though they said they were happy and cared I could tell they didn't. Could people at least try to look more like they do, put a little more feeling into your voice maybe? I should have known when they didn't reply to emails, I get used to that. Isn't that sad I'm used to people not caring. And not that the whole world should care about someone they don't know that well, or don't know at all, but I feel they should. When something happens to someone you love so much you feel the whole world should care.
I just wish people would practice more on their acting skills when you're pretending to care. I consider/ed this person a friend. Though it's plain to see (as usually happens) I think the friendship is stronger than it usually it is.
comments to weinkermeyer@hotmail.com Hate me so you can finally see what's good for youIn case you weren't aware, the world revolves around the ISU students. Oh wait, no it doesn't, but they (the majority) sure's hell thinks it does. Yes, I am an ISU student, I'm sad to say, because most of them only live here for 3/4 of the year when they are in classes and then they filter off to different parts of the world for summer break, unlike me who lives here all year long, and knows the world doesn't revolve around the students.
Anyways, what set me off today, was an editorial article in the student paper, read it here. It talks about how the city is insensitive of the students returning back in a few weeks. One of the major roads here is being surfaced, and it happens to be one of the roads most students will travel on when they move back in, as it runs right by campus. They complain about how the city aims to have it finished by August 11th, which is close to when students return, as classes start on the 21st. They say how its in sensitive to the students who are returning and why they didn't do it sooner in the summer. Well, maybe because the city was taking care of other things, I know for a fact they were/are still working on another major road here. Plus, there's already a nice rift between the students and the city, because the students feel that everything (or most everything) the city decides on seems to be against them. They also mention the whole living thing of how not more than 3 nonrelated people can live in certain apartments, and that's obviously against the students. No, that would be because those apartments are in the more residential areas of the city and there's not enough space for extra vehicles, plus students have a tendency to be louder than the permanent residents of the city. But, that's all I'm going into that.
Also, when I say the students, I mean the vast majority of them, because I know there's a population (myself included) that doesn't agree with this view.
I just needed to vent to someone, it would have been nice if there were more students in the room when I was complaining to my boss, oh well.
Also, has anyone heard the song Hate Me by Blue October? I keep hearing it on a local radio station, it's now my new favorite song. Not that I really know the lyrics, I just like how it flows.
comments to weinkermeyer@hotmail.com 18 July Starving for truthSo, the WB's one episode of cops today, was all Fort Worth, TX, and every segment featured Officer Rick Benson, I love his sense of humor and the way he talks about stuff. Of the older episodes, I love the ones with him in it. So, this statuette's for you, Rick (see below).
Has anyone seen the previews for the new movie Miami Vice? The first time I heard the commercial I thought of the TV show Miami Vice with Don Johnson (I believe that was in the 80s), I don't think it's based on the TV show, but I didn't watch the show that much, and all you get off the previews is guys and guns (though not a bad thing). Now, is it wrong of me, that I want to see the movie just cause Colin Ferrell is in it?
Oh, and those Warm Delights, I've decided, the only two that were really good, were the 2 cakes ones: Cinnamon Swirl, and Lemon Cake. I wasn't really impressed with the 2 brownie ones. Guess I know what to invest my money in, in the future
I've found out how much I miss seeing dream guy walk to work. I rarely get to see him now, cause I'm working when he usually walks to work, and then I'm generally in bed by the time he comes home. I saw him leave today on his motorcycle, going somewhere, I really miss seeing him.
Yeah, so I'm watching Divorce Court on the WB, cause they took away the hour of cops on at noon, only one episode now, and then divorce court comes on, and I'm too lazy to turn off the tv. Anyways, todays couple, the guy is a cross dresser, who stopped before marrying his wife, and got back into it during their marriage. I know people judge him on this, but I don't feel they have any right/(some other word that I'm searching for, but don't know what it is), to judge him. So he likes to dress as a woman, so what? I get that it was a shock to his wife when she found out and that he should have told her a long time ago, even if he thought he could stop doing it. But, she's just judging him right out, not trying to understand why he does, and not accepting it as a part of him. It's like people that judge me when they see my tattoos, that's the first thing they see, so they automatically judge me, when they should have an open mind and accept them as a part of me, and move on. The chick's trying to get reimbursed for the clothes of hers that he wore, that she couldn't wear that clothing anymore.
Oh, and the answer on that question THAT NOBODY ANSWERED. DOES ANYONE READ THIS, AND CARE ABOUT COMMENTING? was, She was hoping that the man would appear at the funeral again. If you answered it correctly, you think like a psychopath. This was a test by a famous American psychologist used to test if one has the same mentality as a killer. Many arrested serial killers took part in the test and answered the question correctly.
comments to weinkermeyer@hotmail.com 15 July Hott Cops tonightJust a short post about the hott cops on cops tonight, here are my notes that I took while I was watching it.
Palm Springs, CA: Officer Pedro Nanez
Pittsburgh, PA: Officer Jeffery Kabala. This was a suspicious activity stop, and this guy takes off his sock and the camera's zoomed in on his feet, and right as he takes off his sock, this bag pops out RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA and he keeps complaining abouat how the dope is not his. It was plain as day, he even tried to step on it, and hope the cop didn't see it.
Palm Beach County, FL: Deputy Scott Yoder. The guy in this one that was arrested, was annoyed that he was only going to jail for loitering and prowling, he wanted to stay in jail longer.
Las Vegas, NV: Officer Ryan Cook
Maricopa County, AZ: Officer Jared Griffith.
And following in Goddess' footsteps. My HOTT COP AWARD (hope it's not copywrighted by her) goes to Officer Ryan Cook of the Las Vegas Police Dept.
Though I'm sure that's not a surprise to any of my loyal readers.
comments to weinkermeyer@hotmail.com I'm free to speak my mind anywhereOK, first of all, I hope all my cops don't have to get out of their cars that much today, or at least not out into the heat, it's 91 degrees now and the heat index is well over 100 degrees, so pair that with the navy blue uniforms, long pants (actually, they have a choice to wear shorts, but most of the ones I know, don't think it looks very professional, so they don't) and the bulletproof vests, I can imagine they would be baking. I also hope they have plenty of water to keep them hydrated.
That's also extended to people out doing whatever you're doing, take breaks, go into the air conditioning as much as you are able and drink lots of water. I know the Iowa Games are this weekend, so I hope the athletes have tons of water and opportunities to take breaks, we really don't need the hospital filling up with people because they weren't able to do these things while out in the heat.
And the other thing, I found this in my computer, just kinda floating around there, and I'm intrigued to hear people's answers. I will post the answer tomorrow when I stick a new post up. This is not a trick question. A woman, while at the funeral of her own mother, met a man whom she did not know. She thought this man was amazing, the man of her dreams, so much so that she fell in love with him right there but never asked for his number and could not find him. A few days later she killed her sister. Question: What is her motive in killing her sister? (Give this some thought before you answer) And if you've read/seen/heard this before and know the answer, don't post it, please.
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14 July Who wants to go out for a drink?So, great news, I got a call from Karli, she had a brain scan yesterday and she's officially tumor and cancer free. Celebration time. So, she gets another scan in (I think) 6 months, and 1 year, and then at the 5 years mark, she is no more prone than anyone else (without cancer) to get cancer again.
I told you she was gonna beat this.
comments to weinkermeyer@hotmail.com 13 July I'm your priestI wanna endorse a new food product (I'm pretty sure my endorsement doesn't mean anything to anyone, but...), it's called Betty Crocker's Warm Delights. They're little cake things that you add water to, and stick in the microwave. I bought some today and I just made the Cinnimon (sp?) swirl cake, it's really yummy. And it's only like $1.50 a piece.
A couple interesting stories from My Marine newsletter. Read the whole newsletter here.
Well SirMy son-in-law, who retired as a Gunny Sergeant after 22 years, invited me to attend a meeting on his base. At the time he was a Staff Sergeant. The meeting was to be followed by a party at the NCO Club...lots of beer and bullsh!t.
Marine Dog TagsOne day and long after my ten years in the Corps, I was on lunch break and a coworker said I was "clinking" and why was I "clinking". I explained that I was still wearing my dog tags. She replied, "Most people, when they get out, they put away such things." 12 July Every time I hear your nameWow, so I figured out why Sodapop likes Miami Ink so much, I watched it tonight and comparing it with the other tattoo show I was watching this week, Inked, I do like MI better. MI’s mostly all about the tattoo artists tattooing and their clients, just the tattooing of them, and the reasons behind the tats. Inked showed more about the lives of the artists, other things they did, though I have to say I like the parlor in Inked better, but that’s just cause it didn’t look like a tattoo parlor, it had lots of woodwork, a big receptionist desk and it was weird, it was right in the middle of what looked to be a shopping mall. Also, instead of a neon sign that said Tattoos on the front of it, it just had a sign with their name on it, kinda weird. The only reason (ok, there are two), I was watching it was cause I was watching this show Overhaulin’ before it, these people on the show take an old crappy looking vehicle and make it beautiful again, the few shows I’ve seen they’ve been older, maybe 60’s vehicles, so I’m not sure if they do other eras, but you would thinks so; and cause Sodapop’s always raving about it. I was reading the paper today and read an obituary of a guy I grew up with and graduated high school with. I had heard from a friend, on Sat, that she heard from another friend that he had fallen off a balcony and died. I guess it didn’t really set in until I read the obit. The funeral is tomorrow, but I don’t think I’d be able to go through a funeral of one of my classmates, hell the guy was almost my age. I do remember going to preschool with him. I also read in the paper today about a Sheriff’s deputy that had cancer. And I’m not not feeling sorry for him for having cancer, but I noticed that if someone famous, or special in some way has cancer or is otherwise hurt, there’s always tons of fundraisers for them, but if a normal person (kinda talking about my friend, Karli, here) gets hurt or has cancer, how many people have fundraisers for them, and how many people do you think would come to a fundraiser if there was one, my guess not very many. I hate it how people that are famous or have certain jobs get cared about more than the normal people in the world. comments to weinkermeyer@hotmail.com 10 July It's a f*cked up worldSo, I was watching one of those news shows, Dateline, (go here for the story) last night on NBC. And it was about this couple that couldn't have children, so they were using the Internet to find a pregnant mother who was willing to give up her child. Well, they found one and this mother said she was 6 or so months pregnant and that they would be the perfect family for her child and that she was 100% sure they should have the child, so over a matter of months she would email and talk to them via phone and she became pretty good friends with the wife, and over time she would ask them for money to cover rent or food or whatever. They even had papers drawn up and signed by the mother and the couple for all the legal crap that goes with adoptions.
But there was another couple that she was doing the same thing too. Then maybe when she was about 8 months pregnant she stopped communication with both couples. Now, they went online looking for this mother and started talking to each other in a forum or chat room, and found out that this girl had used the same first name but different last names, same soc sec number, and address in the same area. So Dateline got in touch with one of the couples and asked them to try again to contact this woman, in which the wife sent an email asking what was going on and that she was really worried. The mother replied to this, and the wife, mother, and Dateline set up a meeting in a hotel room close to the mother (Dateline people posing as an attorney, with hidden cameras in the room), so they met and the Dateline people pretended to get info that they would need for the adoption papers. Also, because this couple had already adopted one child the mother said she had a little girl at home as well. During this meeting, the wife still was hoping that it wasn't a scam and that the mother was going to give the baby to her (she was very pregnant looking, according to her timeline she was almost ready to give birth, but she wasn't that pregnant looking). The mother also asked for more money to cover her rent since she wasn't working, and some for food, which the Dateline people set up with their own money and bought a $100 Walmart card.
That night after the meeting the mother met up with a girl, and they proceeded to use the money to buy baby clothes, bottles, and other baby stuff. Though the mother was calling the wife telling her certian things she was doing, such as going out to eat with her child, etc...
Then, she called the wife that night and said she was having contractions and abruptly cut them off. The wife tried calling back for 2 hours, and the number was disconnected.
So, the next day, the Dateline people went and found the mother (she thought they were still attorneys) and said the contractions had stopped. They started asking her her real name and showing her pictures of the person they found who had the name they gave her (this being the girl she met up with the night before), as well as other couples they found she had scammed. She got in her car and drove off while they were asking questions. Then, she called the wife and set up an interview in the hotel again.
As she was talking to the Dateline person, the interviewer was asking her why she did it, and if she had any idea how much it hurt these people, etc. Then the couple she had talked with most recently came into the room and she started crying in front of them and telling them how sorry she was. Though, I didn't see any bit of remorse in her eyes, maybe a little surprise from the "Oh, crap they caught me" thought that had to be running through her mind, but other than that, she was just lying and putting on an act again.
Later, the Dateline people are interviewing the 2 original couples as well as 2 other families she had led on the same way a year earlier. And they were all very hurt (as I can imagine) in what she had done to them. One of the husbands (the one that actually met her) said he just wanted to strangle her. And unfortunately there's no laws against do this to people, there's not really anything law enforcement can charge them with. It could be fraud, but they said it's very hard to catch them, and actually charge them with it.
How cruel can a person be to do this to people?
comments to weinkermeyer@hotmail.com 08 July How cool is this?Alright, people, as most of y'all know my cooking comes from a box, I never cook. But today, right now, a couple minutes ago actually. I COOKED MY FIRST EGGS! I've never cooked eggs before and I was gonna make scrambled ones, but they looked so neat just sitting there in the pan, that I made them over easy or sunny side up, whatever, but I'm so excited now and I don't have anyone to tell.
Yes, in the 23 years of my life I have never cooked eggs. There I said it, now y'all can laugh at me (just make sure it's in a comment, so we all can read it
 )I'm actually giddy, as well as laughing at myself.
comments to weinkermeyer@hotmail.com That's what I was trying to doAs usual, not much exciting has happened in my life since the 4th, but since I said earlier about not posting in 3 days I figured I shouldn't be hypocritical and post for y'all. I don't even have a meme to steal from someone else to fill up the space.
But, anyways, I was reading on the LAPD blog about how they (LAPD) caught some career criminals and one of them was a burgler who targeted (get this) houses with open windows and doors. Well, of course he did, easy targets. And people wonder why they get robbed, kinda like the people who leave their cars running with the keys in them and wonder why people steal their cars. Some people amaze. So, in the future, the LAPD suggested people not leave their doors and windows open and to lock them, what a novel idea. I'm amused these people didn't think of that themselves.
Also, reading on that blog, that some kid donated $800 do Officer Ripatti's fund for her to get better from his college expense account (If you didn't know, Officer Ripatti was shot by an armed robber on June 3, and the bullet snaked by her arm and hit her in the spinal cord, so she's basically paralyzed). Now, Officer Ripatti tried to give the money back to the kid would go to college but the parents wouldn't take it back. It must be nice to have that much money to give to people and still be able to have enough to go to college.
As you can see, I enjoy reading this blog, why I'm not quite sure, obviously they only talk about things happening in the LA area and since I don't even know anyone (ok, there's a person who's blog I read that lives there, but...) it doesn't really affect me in any way. Personally, I wish my PD would do that, but as very little (exciting, or otherwise) happens here, that just might be a waste of online space.
comments to weinkermeyer@hotmail.com 04 July This is our Independence DayHAPPY 230TH BIRTHDAY UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!!!
 Ok everyone, have a safe and happy July 4th. Please don't drink and drive, and don't get too close to the grills or fireworks.
Also, a thank you to the troops that are keeping us free, and a thank you to our forefathers who made us free.
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